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Show 1895.] FROM WESTERN SOMALI-LAND. 483 77. ClSTICOLA DODSONI. Cisticola dodsoni, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. Club, iv. p. xxix. «. 2 ad. The Haud, July 25, 1894. 78. CISTICOLA MARGINALIS. Cisticola marginata, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 248 (1869) ; Reichen. V6g. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 223 (1894). Cisticola marginalis (Heugl.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 258 (1883). ' «. d ad. Sheik Mahomed, Nov. 4, 1894. Iris and legs light brown. Heuglin obtained this species only on the Upper White Nile, the Gazelle River, and on the Lower Bahr-el-Djebel. Said by Dr. Reichenow to have been obtained at Tabora in East Africa. 79. CISTICOLA SOMALICA, sp. n. Similis C. haesitatae, sed, major et uropygio cinerascente concolore distinguenda. Long. tot. 4'6 poll., culm. 0*6, alee 2-15, caudce 1*9, tarsi 0*8. «. 2 ad. Milmil, July 26,1894. b. d ad. Ehrer, Aug! 16,1894. Although very similar to C. heesitata of Socotra, this species is so much larger that it is impossible to believe that they can be identical. The rump also is uniform ashy, whereas it is distinctly mottled with darker centres in C. heesitata. Another African species with which it seems to be related is G. lugubris, which it resembles in size, but is easily recognizable by its strongly streaked head and neck, the dark streaks being equally distinct on the sides of the face. It is also of a paler grey, and is further distinguished by the absence of rufous on the wing. This species is evidently closely allied to C. cinereola of Salvadori (Ann. Mus. Genov. 2, vi. p. 254) from F"arre in Shoa, but is apparently distinguished by the strong shade of buff on the underpays and by the colour of the feet, which are dark yellowish brown, and could not be called pale horn-colour. Fam. TURDID^E. 80. ERYTHROPYGIA LEUCOPTERA. Aedon leucoptera (Riipp.); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 279 (1869); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 152 (1884). Erythropygia leucoptera, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 79 (1883); Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 406 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) vi. p. 255 (1888). a. d ad. Dullaat, July 13, 1894. b. 2 ad. Hargeisa, July 21, 1894. c. Ad. Shebeli, Sept. 6, 1894. Iris dark brown; base of under mandible yellow-ochre. 31* |